Philippa and Katie speak with clothing designer Emily Morabito, founder of the adaptive activewear label Remedy. We spoke about her introduction and movement into adaptive design, the situation of clothing access for disabled people, and her approach to design and sustainability.

Statements on Fashion: A Critical Fashion Podcast

Disability, Sustainability and Adaptive Design: Emily Morabito of Remedy

 In this week’s episode, creative director, stylist and artist Yanran Xiong (@pistachica) talks about the attributes of temporality, hype and glamour manifest in the fashion industry.

The Hollowness of Hype: In Conversation with Yanran Xiong

In this episode, Philippa and Katie speak over Zoom in the midst of the pandemic with journalist Sophie Ross. Ross rose to Twitter stardom when she put pieces of what eventually became Arielle Charnas' Covid-19 scandal together. Since then, Ross has continually painted full--and accurate--pictures of the transgressions that are made, and too often ignored, by some of Instagram's most influential influencers. 

Pulling at Threads: In Conversation with Sophie Ross

Philippa interviews Arianna Lauren, of Quw'utsun' Made, an indigenous beauty brand founded by Lauren. The two discuss her attempt to meet the needs of her community while preserving the traditional knowledge of the Coast Salish Nation, in order to pass it on to the next generations. 

Beauty Maker: In Conversation With Arianna Lauren

Philippa talks with Vancouver-based designer Tams Grunberg about the development of her sustainable design practice, her new brand TAMS, and how she carved out a community of fashion creatives on Canada's West Coast. 

Designing Sustainability with Tams Grunberg

In the first episode of Season 2, Philippa & Katie speak to writer Emily Kirkpatrick about hierarchy in the fashion industry, the crazy racket of freelancing and the tweet that changed her career path.

Going Rogue: In Conversation with Emily Kirkpatrick

Philippa speaks with sustainable contemporary designer Sabinna Rachimova about the process of developing a sustainable brand and her vision of sustainability in fashion.

Creating a Sustainable Brand with Sabinna Rachimova

In the very first ever recorded episode for Statement's on Fashion, Katie Wilkes sits down with Gary Wassner, fashion investor, business professional and CFDA board member to talk about the complicated relationship the fashion industry has with American politics. 

Is Fashion in Politics, In Fashion?: In Conversation with Gary Wassner

Katie speaks with fashion scholar, teacher and designer, Joshua Katcher about the history and visual contexts in which animals are appropriated by the fashion industry.  You can buy Joshua's book 'Fashion Animals' on Amazon, and follow him on Instagram at @thediscerningbrute and his brand at @brave_gentleman. 

Fashion Animals: In Conversation with Joshua Katcher

Philippa and Katie speak with Laurier University PhD candidate Ellis Furman about the shifting ways of dressing as one comes to understand the importance of gender identity and dress with shifting gender identity, the importance of drag, and the perspective of fashion and queerness from the perspective of a fashion outsider. Find out more about Ellis's work here Follow them on Instagram @spinachbitch Follow Fake Femmes on Instagram @fakefemmes (YouTube to come soon!) And as always, subscribe and rate us on iTunes and follow us on Instagram @statementsonfashion! 

Non-Binary Fashion & Everyday Life: In Conversation with Ellis Furman

Philippa and Katie discuss the journey of self actualization as a non-binary person, the differing experience of living non-binary internationally, and the safe-space of fashion. Find Meme Meng on Instagram @sad_asianmom

Diversity and the Non-Binary Fashion World: In Conversation with Meme Meng

Philippa speaks with Gill Linton about the development of digital vintage avant-garde fashion platform Byronesque. They discuss how to translate culture through clothing and the importance of maintaining the analog feeling of vintage pieces through digitization.   This episode was recorded live at Glassbox Gallery (www.glassbox.fr) for the closing of Parsons Paris first year MA Fashion Studies' exhibition "Un-Making the Fashion Digital Image."  Byronesque:  Visit https://www.byronesque.com/ Download the app at https://www.byronesque.com/shop/vintage-personal-shopper-app Follow on Instagram: @byronesquevintage and @shitpicsofgreatclothes  

SoF Live at Glassbox Gallery with Gill Linton, CEO of Byronesque

 Katie sits down with Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies and Research Chair of Fashion at Parsons NYC Hazel Clark, to talk about her article "Slow + Fashion: An Oxymoron or a Promise for the Future?", fast fashion, and what a sustainable fashion industry could look like in the future.

Slow + Fashion: An Oxymoron or a Promise for the Future?: In Conversation with Dr. Hazel Clark

Katie and Philippa sit down with stylist Joel Traptow to gain a firsthand perspective on precarity, instability and the complexity of working within the fashion industry. 

Fashion and Freelance: In Conversation with Stylist Joel Traptow

Philippa and Katie speak to Professor Giulia Mensitieri about precarious labour in the fashion industry, and her recently published book “Le Plus Beau Métier du Monde”

Fashion, Precarity and "The Most Beautiful Job in the World": A Conversation with Giulia Mensitieri

Statements on Fashion covers a different aspect of fashion studies each month through both scholarly and practical interviews, delivering new information to listeners through an accessible platform. Co-hosts Philippa Nesbitt and Katie Wilkes talk to fashion studies scholars, stylists, influencers, journalists and more to start a conversation about fashion in a new way.

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